…that some people enforce their ideas of right or wrong onto others. Whatever happened to the idea of live and let live? Whether it’s regarding gay rights, reproductive rights, government and/or politics (and these things seem to be more and more intertwined nowadays), I just don’t understand how one group of people can force their beliefs on another. Especially in the case of religion, which is unfair to the true Christians out there. Jesus supposedly said to love thy neighbor and there was no caveat about not loving thy gay neighbor so where the hell does this hatred come from?

You may have guessed that I’m a little upset about the recent vote in North Carolina (which, by the way, affects straight people too).

I think actor/comedian Seth Rogen said it best when he stated, “Claiming that someone else’s marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you’re on a diet.” Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs but I also firmly believe that everyone should respect the differences in opinion that are out there. Just because I don’t eat meat doesn’t mean I think we should pass constitutional amendments prohibiting others from doing so. If someone doesn’t like the idea of gay marriage because they claim that the Bible speaks out against it, I suggest they take a look here. The Bible never explicitly states that marriage is only between one man and one woman and even if it did, not everyone believes in what the Bible has to preach. And since it’s the basis of a religion (which our founding fathers clearly wanted to keep separate from the Constitution), it should have no bearing on marriage laws today. Besides that, the concept of marriage doesn’t solely belong to one religion or another. It’s a human right and by denying it to the GLBT community, we’re basically saying that they’re subhuman. As someone who is a part of this community, I find it disgustingly appalling.

Allowing two people who love each other to become stronger members of our society by giving them the same rights we’d give to a man and woman who drunkenly wed in Vegas (Britney Spears, I’m looking at you) isn’t something that’s going to destroy our society. How could having stronger partnerships and more loving households possibly do that? While I really do believe that I will live to see equality across the board when it comes to marriage, I simply don’t understand why it’s taking us so long to get there. Did inter-racial marriages bring down the country? Do the states that currently allow gays to wed still function? Just what is the issue, then?

If you completely disagree with everything I’ve been saying, that’s your right. I didn’t come to your house or office and make you read this post and you have the ability to just ignore me by steering clear of this blog. Ignoring inequality isn’t something that’s so easy though and when that inequality is upheld by state and federal laws, I can’t just break those laws and get away with it. If you don’t like gay marriage, don’t get one and please leave everyone else who’s trying to be happy to the pursuit of that happiness. If it’s not hurting them then it shouldn’t hurt you.